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Betty C. Johnson

By Staff
June 3, 2009
Betty Love Carter Johnson, 71, of Russellville, passed away Wednesday, June 3, 2009, at her residence.
Visitation will be from 12 to 1 p.m. Saturday, June 6, 2009, at Spry Memorial Chapel. The funeral service will follow at 1 p.m. at the funeral home. Rev. Charlie C Watts will be officiating with burial in Knights of Pythias Cemetery.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Claude "Buddy" Johnson; parents, Maynard Edward and Dovie Carter; brother, Niles Carter; sister, Brenda Ingle.
She is survived by her son, Andy Johnson; daughter, Tina Murray; very special son-in-law, Jeremy Murray; grandson, Blake Bratcher; granddaughter, Bethany Bratcher; great-grandchildren, Elijah Cole, and a little angel on the way.
Pallbearers will be Ronald Johnson, Randy Johnson, Shane Sanderson, Lloyd Love, Jr., Terry Elliot and Tommy Jones.
Mary Lou Entrekin
June 2, 2009
Mary Lou Entrekin, 95, passed away Tuesday, June 2, 2009, at Pennock Hospital in Michigan.
She was born on July 28, 1913, in Franklin County to Jim and Mattie Massey.
Mary Lou married Clinton Preston Entrekin on Nov. 28, 1934.
They were married for more than 63 years until his death on May 12, 1998.
Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Monday, June 8, 2009, at Spry Memorial Chapel with the funeral service to follow at 11 a.m. Officiating will be Rev. Patrick Giraldin and a pastor at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif. Interment will be in Franklin Memory Gardens.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Clinton Preston Entrekin; parents, Jim and Mattie Massey, seven brothers and sisters.
She is survived by her four children, Louise Sparks and her husband, Robert, of Dearborn, Mich.; Betty Brown and her husband, Chuck, of Newbury Park, Calif.; Jean Shoemaker and husband, Louis, of Middleville, Mich.; and Jim Entrekin and wife, Joyce, of Troy, Mich.; 11 grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren, three great-great grandchildren, and nieces and nephews.

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